Dust aspirator



F. DRR

DUST ASPIRATOR June 14, 1938'.v

Filed Nov. 18, 1935 @ya y Patented `lune 14, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE Application November 18, 1935, Serial No. 50,375 In Great BritainSeptember 24, 1934 1 Claim. (Cl. 2311-133) This invention relates toimprovements in or relating to dust aspirators.

In dust aspirators, more particularly in dust aspirators operated byhand with feeble electric motors and specically high forwardingcapacity,

it is important for the purpose of obtaining favourable conditions forthe air current, that the channels be made of a material which can bepolished so that the Walls can be smoothed by grinding, polishing or asimilar operation. In known casings of dust aspirators smooth Walls canbe obtained only by means of complicated pressing and polishing tools.This disadvantage is avoided by the present invention and the same l5time thermic and electrical advantages are obtained.

According to the invention the casing of the 'clust aspirator is open onone end and has a radially disposed air outlet for the air current, thecasing being closed at its open end by a casing for the motor mounted ona different axis to that of the aspirator casing and the said aspiratorcasing being provided with an air inlet which is on the same axis as themotor casing. Further the aspirator casing is so shaped that the corecan be removed without division so that the casing can be made bypressing, drawing, or the like. The aspirator casing may at the sametime be made of insulating material. If desired, the aspirator casingmay be electrically insulated only in respect to the motor casing. Inthis manner the otherwise troublesome back-discharges from thecondenser, which is built in as a protective device, to the aspiratorcasing and consequently to the hand are avoided. The shape of theaspirator casing, which is open at one end, is such, that the core maybe so constructed that all the surfaces which conduct the air current tothe outlet can be adapted to one another. The aspirator I casing mayalso be made of heat insulating material, thus avoiding the disadvantageof diminishing the efficiency of the apparatus owing to the air beingheated and a smaller weight of air being forwarded through theapparatus.

Modes of execution of the invention are shown by way of example in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section showing the aspiratorcasing, motor casing and accessory parts,

Figure 2 is a cross section of the aspirator casing in the matrix,

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of a dust aspirator constructedaccording to the invention,

and

Figure 4 is a cross section along IV-IV of Figure 3.

The aspirator casing A comprises a pot 2, the open end of which isclosed by a motor casing 4 mounted on a different axis. At the base ofpot 2 an air inlet 3 is provided towhich the aspirating nozzle may beattached. This inlet 3 is on the same axis as motor casing 4 and issituated in front of the blades 5'of the blower. A channel 1 is arrangedin an oblique position sloping from the inlet to the outlet in order toadjust gradually the cross section of the pressure 10 channels.

Pot 2 can readily be made by pressing metal such as aluminium orartificial materials suitable for pressing, such as bakelite, or someother material that can be moulded by subjecting it to 15 pressure. Theoutlet I can be produced by 1nserting a core Il. Owing to the shape ofpot 2 the subsequent grinding and polishing can readily be carried outin a simple manner.

The shape of pot 2 is such that it can be made 2O of glass which isadvantageous from the point of view of manufacture and also whenexamining the current phenomena for the purpose of demonstration. Pot 2may be made of any electrically insulating and/or heat insulatingmaterial. 25

It is of course possible and within the scope of the invention as analternative arrangement, to construct the motor casing as a pot withchannels for the air current and to close this pot at its open end witha cover. Such an arrangement 30 is shown in Figures 3 and 4. The motor 4is placed eccentrically in a pot-shaped casing 8 by mounty ing it on asleeve 9 which is xed to the casing 8. Casing 8 has an outlet I and isclosed by a cover 2, which is provided with an inlet 3. For 35 thepurpose of improving the conduction of the air a limited chamber for theventilator may be formed with the aid of a hood I0 inserted in the openend of the aspirator casing.

The mounting of the motor in a large casing and consequently in acomparatively large space of air facilitates the abduction of heat fromthe motor.

What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

A pot-shaped aspirator casing open at one side and having cylindricalextensions integral therewith for inlet and outlet of air, saidextensions being disposed in the direction of the longitudinal v andtransverse axes respectively of the device and a motor casing having anupper hood and disposed within the aspirator casing, said aspiratorcasing being closed by the upper hood of the motor casing.

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